What
is Link Popularity?
Link popularity is one of the most important aspects of a search engine
ranking algorithms. In fact, link popularity has become increasingly
important for achieving top search engine visibility. Link popularity
tells the search engine how many web sites are linking to your web site,
which gives a really good indication of how popular or important your
site is. If the back links to your website are coming from a website
which is similar or relevant to your website then it has more weight
as compared to a back link from a general website/category.
Why
is Link Popularity important?
Link Popularity is important to several groups for different reasons.
Link Popularity (a concept mostly pioneered by Google) is important
to the major search engines because it provides one of the strongest
methods available for delivering highly relevant search results. If
a search engine cannot deliver useful and relevant information to its
users, those users will find another search engine. For the website
owner or operator, Link Popularity becomes a strategy or tactic that
can be used to boost site referrals and develop new online relationships.
Market researchers and analysts are interested in Link Popularity because
it provides a real-time marketing performance metric that is based on
an index of independent and publicly available data sources (i.e. Google,
FAST, Alta Vista, AOL, MSN, HotBot).
What
is PageRank?
PageRank is a numeric value that represents how important a page is
on the web. Google figures that when one page links to another page,
it is effectively casting a vote for the other page. The more votes
that are cast for a page, the more important the page must be. Also,
the importance of the page that is casting the vote determines how important
the vote itself is. Google calculates a page's importance from the votes
cast for it. How important each vote is is taken into account when a
page's PageRank is calculated.
How
can you tell what a page's PageRank is?
You can download a toolbar for Internet Explorer from http://toolbar.google.com.
Once installed, there will be a bar graph at the top of the browser
showing a version of PageRank for the page you're browsing. When you
hold the mouse over the bar, you see a number from zero to ten. (If
you don't see the number, you may have an older version of the toolbar
installed. You will need to completely uninstall it, reboot your computer
and reinstall the latest version. Once this is done, you should be able
to see the PageRank number).
What
is Manual Search Engine Submission and how is it better than automated
Search Engine Submission?
Manual search engine submission is the process of analyzing where and
what to submit in the search engines and directories by SEO experts
and doing each and every submission by hand ensuring a good acceptance
rate for your website.
The advantage over automated search
engine submission is:
1) First and foremost, manual search
engine submission is the only acceptable method of submission to
a search engine or directory. Automated submission is considered as
SPAM which is obvious from the various confirmations implemented by
them.
2) A directory is organized into categories
and subcategories. Editors review each submission manually and evaluate
the submission. In manual search engine submission the websites
are submitted in the related directory, search engine under the right
category which is not possible in the case of automated submission.
Automated software can't adequately submit to any directory because
it cannot study the directory’s structure and decide which category
is best suited.
3) Websites are submitted according
to the different input systems of various directories by manual submission.
Whereas automated submission just posts a set of predefined data irrespective
of the input fields which results in an incomplete submission followed
by rejection.
4) No search engine or directory is
skipped in manual submission. Any Image confirmation (CAPCHA code) is
done immediately which is not possible with automated software. Incase
for any reason the search engine, directory is down or the website submission
is not through, then it will be done another time.
5) Very high acceptance compared to
an automated search engine submission.
Do
you use automated submission software?
No. We don't suggest of submission software in SEO campaigns. We submit
to the directories and search engines by HAND.
Do
you accept every site for hand submission?
Unfortunately not - that's why we must check your website first before
we ask you to pay the submission fee. Due to the rules and regulations
of many search engines and directories we submit to, we are unable to
promote sites dealing with the following topics:
• Pornography
• Casino sites
• Illegal activities
How
long does it take for the Search Engines to list my site?
It is entirely up to each search engine or directory. A few search engines
index a site almost immediately. Some engines can take 6-12 weeks or
longer and some may fail to list your site.
Do
you guarantee sites inclusion in all those Directories?
We cannot guarantee sites inclusion in any of these directories. Its
upto directory owner to decide the inclusion of your site.
How
long do you think until we start seeing some backlinks from your services?
Well, that entirely depends on the web directories, these web directories
are not owned by us. We only submit your site to web directories, and
it is upto the web directory to list your site or not. If you have a
quality site, then your approval rate will be quite high and surely,
you will see many links appearing to your site from our service.
How
much time you will take for submission?
Submissions depends on the workload or clients we have. If
the workload is less then the entire process will be completed in minimum
24 hrs/url or in 5 days maximum.
Do
you verify to ensure that you are not submitting duplicate listings?
Almost 90% directories has some system to detect duplicate submissions.
Thus if we submit a duplicate these directories will show an error thus
preventing duplicate submissions.
How
would I know that my site is submitted to Directories and Search Engines?
After each submission you will receive in your email a complete submission
report and all the snapshots of your submission informing you about
the directories and search engines your web site has been submitted
to.
What
is “XML sitemap”?
By placing a formatted xml file with site map on your webserver, you
enable Search Engine crawlers (like Google) to find out what pages are
present and which have recently changed, and to crawl your site accordingly.
What
is Google Sitemap?
The Google Sitemap Protocol allows a webmaster to inform search engines
about URLs on a website that are available for crawling. A Sitemap is
an XML file that lists the URLs for a site. It enables webmasters to
include additional information about each URL: when it was last updated,
how often it changes, and how important it is in relation to other URLs
in the site. This allows search engines to crawl the site more intelligently.
What
is RSS?
RSS is an acronym for Really Simple Syndication and Rich Site Summary.
RSS is an XML-based format for content distribution. Webmasters create
an RSS file containing headlines and descriptions of specific information.
While the majority of RSS feeds currently contain news headlines or
breaking information the long term uses of RSS are broad.
RSS is a defined standard based on
XML with the specific purpose of delivering updates to web-based content.
Using this standard, webmasters provide headlines and fresh content
in a succinct manner. Meanwhile, consumers use RSS readers and news
aggregators to collect and monitor their favorite feeds in one centralized
program or location. Content viewed in the RSS reader or news aggregator
is place known as an RSS feed.
RSS is becoming increasing popular.
The reason is fairly simple. RSS is a free and easy way to promote a
site and its content without the need to advertise or create complicated
content sharing partnerships.
What
types of payments are accepted?
We accepts payment using all major credit cards, PayPal,
E-Gold, WebMoney.
If you would like to use anyother, please let
us know. All orders (credit cards and PayPal) processed by eSellerate
payment service. All credit card data is transmitted via their servers,
using the secure (encrypted) HTTP protocol according to the current
SSL standard. When you make the payment (credit cards and PayPal), the
payment service sends us a confirmation message with customer details,
but does NOT provide us with any payment information. We never receive
or collect ANY credit card information. Please see the privacy statement
of eSellerate
for more details.
What
If I have more questions?
Please use our contact
form for your questions. We are happy to answer your queries.
